Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Prevention Strategies: A Video Technique Guide.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is a well-recognized complication in patients undergoing posterior instrumented fusion procedures for adult spinal deformity. Strategies that reduce rates of PJK have the potential to improve the safety of these operations and decrease cost by eliminating the need for revision surgery. OBJECTIVE:To present a set of surgical techniques that can decrease rates of PJK in adults undergoing surgery for spinal deformity. METHODS:We summarize the use of vertebroplasty, transverse process hooks, terminal rod contouring, and ligament augmentation as means to reduce rates of PJK. RESULTS:We present PJK prevention strategies and a video technique guide that are safe, technically feasible, and add minimal operative time to these surgical procedures. When a

SUBMITTER: Safaee MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312084 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature